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“Hoyt believes that he got into Columbia because of baseball and he’s probably right.”
A student on Spiegelman’s Comics Marching into the Canon seminar, and this web-only interview
Café East, it’s “East” of…the Hudson River
(Locke + Hume + Rousseau + Burke) x Matthew Fox) = we’ve been waiting
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@who's the anon prof And why is afraid to be named?
Is it Prof. Douche Bagg?
@good job I agree that the story succeeded in striking a good balance between the different perspectives of the issue. I also think that the piece was solidly written, with quite an engaging voice. The topic was also a very interesting one. I hope that the Eye continues to publish articles of this quality.
@uhh while i agree that there were some editorialized comments, the story had tons of facts and i find it hard to believe those two are a special case. those are just two people who were dumb enough to talk.
and there are a lot of positive things in that article, i think it was just trying to show that the issue is complicated
@It really doesn’t seem to paint a negative portrait of athletes. At least, that’s not what I got out of it.
@Yeah, a good story if you’re the bloody New York Post. The story had very few facts, was completely unobjective, and was basically a badly written profile of one athlete. There a reason there are only two athletes quoted in the story: they couldn’t find anyone else. This story shouldn’t have run, and, while I am far from an athlete myself, it is unfortunate that the Eye would publish an article that seeks to shame people who work harder than many people on campus doing what they love. You don’t need to attack athletes because you’re supposedly smarter than them. Take your ego’s and pretension elseswhere.
@hrm I counted four athletes, not two – a baseball player, two rowers, and a fencer. And I think it was reasonably balanced – they showed that athletes sometimes get breaks, but also work their asses off balancing practice with classes.
@Mathlete Take my ego’s what?
@wow holy shit, i can’t believe they got athletes to say all of that stuff…some of it is priceless
good story